6 schools to use local produce

11:05 AM,
Aug. 18, 2012

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Six public schools will set themselves apart this school year when it comes to what will be available in their cafeterias.

A farm-to-school pilot program will allow Ordot-Chalan Pago, J.Q. San Miguel, Capt. H.B. Price, Astumbo and D.L. Perez Elementary Schools as well as Okkodo High School to source some of their fruits and vegetables from local farms.

Jesse Rosario, state program officer for the Guam Department of Education child nutrition program, said the pilot program also will allow students in the six schools to go on field trips to the farms where their fruits and vegetables are ...